The European Pension
Capital Dialogues
A Series of Pan-European Dialogues To Unlock Pension Capital
For Growth & Tech Sovereignty
Event Pillars
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The Pension Capital Dialogues are a new series bringing Europe’s leading pension funds into direct conversation with the continent’s tech ecosystem. Each gathering combines the discretion needed for candid exchange with the inspiration that comes from being immersed in Europe’s most vibrant arenas of innovation.
Our design principles:
Confidential forums: Safe, trusted settings where pension leaders and venture investors can openly explore allocation strategies, barriers, and opportunities.
In the heart of Europe’s tech scene: Dialogues take place within flagship tech events, placing decision-makers in the very environment where Europe’s future is being built.
Designed for meaningful crossroads: Editorially curated to spark encounters between pension leaders, founders, and VCs — creating the intersections where fresh ideas and partnerships emerge.
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Allocators and venture leaders who’ve already moved take the stage.
Leading European pension funds, VCs, and institutional bodies share how pension capital has been deployed into venture and growth equity—covering structures, governance, risk frameworks, and policy enablers. From the Mansion House Compact and BVCA leadership to the Tibi Initiative, we examine what worked, what didn’t, and what can be replicated across Europe. -
From insight to action.
Small, closed-door working sessions where pension leaders, VCs, and policymakers co-design practical pathways into European venture—model portfolios, allocation playbooks, and collaboration structures that fit institutional reality. -
Capital meets the builders.
Participants are embedded inside Europe’s most important tech gatherings, experiencing firsthand the founders, technologies, and platforms shaping Europe’s future—turning abstract allocation debates into tangible conviction. -
Trust is built off-stage.
Curated, intimate moments designed for candid conversation among peers. No panels, no press—just honest exchange, relationship-building, and the long-term trust required to mobilize pension capital at scale.
Upcoming Dialogues
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GoWest gathers Europe’s top deep tech investors for key note presentations, fireside discussions and networking around the themes shaping the future of European investment.
This year, there’s a special focus on the Green Transition, Defense & Security and Frontier Innovation at the edge of science and industry defining Europe’s next wave of competitiveness.
With Nordic pension funds increasingly active in clean tech, defense, and early-stage innovation investments, GoWest becomes the ideal launchpad for the Pension Capital Dialogues — linking capital, insight, and vision in a region that leads on impact and pension age reform.
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The EUVC Summit & Awards is an exclusive 200-person event dedicated to charting the path forward for European tech by bringing the continent’s best VCs, LPs and Founders together for powerful thought leadership on stage and trusted conversations off stage.
Integrated into it, The EUVC Awards celebrate the individuals and firms shaping European venture, honoring excellence across categories such as Hall of Fame, Emerging Manager, Firm of the Year, Impact Leader, and more.
Set against the backdrop of the Mansion House Accord, convening in London will provide an important opportunity for exchange between UK and EU allocator leadership.
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VivaTech is Europe’s foremost technology & innovation festival, uniting startups, corporates, investors, and public actors in Paris over four days. Vivatech also offers product unveilings, global premiere demos, keynote stages, and trend spotlights across AI, mobility, sustainability, health tech, and more.
As the home of the Tibi initiative — which mobilizes institutional investors to channel capital into France’s most ambitious tech companies — Paris offers symbolic gravitas and institutional momentum for the Pension Capital Dialogues.
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In the second half of the year, we will take the Pension Capital Dialogues to three of Europe’s most dynamic tech stages:
TechBBQ LP Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark where hundreds of allocators gather to discuss LP strategies.
The Drop in Malmö, Sweden where Europe’s leading climate investors come together to chart the path forward to sustainable future
Slush in Helsinki, Finland, Europe’s most iconic startup gathering.
These placements ensure the dialogues sit at the very heart of European tech to unlock new pathways for capital and innovation.
The European Pension Capital Dialogues Agenda at GoWest
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08:00 | Breakfast & Informal Networking Ahead of official program start
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09:00 | Philippe Tibi — Key Learnings from the French Tibi Initiative
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10:00 | Chris Elphick — Key Learnings from the UK’s Mansion House Compact
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10:45 | The Road to a Pan-European Investment Platform
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12:00 | Continued Networking & GoWest Investor Day Opens